What did you read this year?
Shortest Book
35
pages
Longest Book
800
pages
Average book length in
2024
332
pages
Most Shelved
1,348,986
people
also shelved
Least Shelved
744
people
also shelved
Michael’s
average rating for
2024
4.0
4.0
Highest Rated on ŷ
4.43
average
Michael’s first review of the year
really liked it
I first read "Shogun" in the late 1970s when my daily 1-hour commute to Manhattan on the Long Island Railroad offered plenty of reading time. I recall being completely enthralled by it back then.
Fast forward 45 years and I've decided to return to it. To my chagrin, the novel is now published in two parts. So, this is just a quick take upon finishing Part One. The biggest surprise for this reader, so far, was that I found myself growing to dislike ...more
Fast forward 45 years and I've decided to return to it. To my chagrin, the novel is now published in two parts. So, this is just a quick take upon finishing Part One. The biggest surprise for this reader, so far, was that I found myself growing to dislike ...more
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2024
BOOKS
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really liked it
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really liked it
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it was amazing
it was amazing
Michael’s last review of the year
it was amazing
A short but very satisfying reread of this early novel by the master.
What did you read this year?
